Master of Kaidan-Chapter 384 Senior Expert

In early June 2015, the number of streamers active in the Eastern Country had already surpassed three hundred, but this was far from the limit. In fact, due to procedural matters, there were still many streamers determined to earn this money who were in the process of obtaining visas, while even more were taking the A-class martial arts license exam.

During this time, assessments at the Public Security Bureau branches across the country were almost fully booked, and there were quite a few who had just obtained a B-class license also tentatively registering—not with the hope of passing, but just to gauge the difficulty of the A-license.

This undoubtedly increased the workload of the Public Security Bureau by more than a notch. There were even rumors that the Bureau had applied to curb the current messy registration phenomenon, including but not limited to increasing the exam registration fee (refundable upon passing, but not refunded otherwise), requiring at least a one-year buffer between two assessments, and the requirement to hold a B-license for a certain period before taking the A-license... among a series of other clauses.

However, not only did these rumors fail to curtail the license examination fad, they actually led to even more people flocking to the Public Security Bureau.

If it were just the "prospect of money," of course, it wouldn’t be enough to cause such a frenzy, but the moment that martial arts legend distributed the secret manual, everything changed...

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"Wow, this is really a pleasant surprise..." Feng Xue, who was traveling around the Eastern Country visiting shops with Chen Xiyao, looked at the freshly formed entry with a slight curl at the corner of her mouth. She had originally wanted to attract more experts to the Eastern Country to give Hundred Tales some trouble, but unexpectedly, an entry had formed—

Entry: Senior Expert

Tags: [Grandmaster], [Strong], [Senior], [Martial Arts Legend], [Gamer in the Mortal World]

Introduction: An enigmatic senior figure of the martial arts world, who appears young but possesses deeply profound strength beyond the reach of ordinary people.

He has great power but is fond of the game-like mortal world; recently, he even seems to have taken an interest in live streaming. Of course, when he encounters injustice, he won’t hesitate to draw his blade in aid, and he generously imparts knowledge to younger generations he takes a liking to.

It is rumored that this senior is proficient in the martial arts of a hundred schools, and should one encounter him, one may challenge him. The senior will match the challenger’s strength, and if the showcase of talent is satisfactory, he may gift a divine skill secret book.

Moreover, this senior is often seen with a guitar case on his back, but no one knows what exactly it contains.

Some speculate he plays an instrument as one would expect of a senior expert, while others think it holds his personal weapon, disguised within a guitar box to mislead the public.

Powers: [Senior Expert], [Martial Arts Legend], [Versatile in a Hundred Schools]

Current World Rules: [Martial Arts Live Stream]

Companion Phantom Object: [Instrument Box/Weapon Box]

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In fact, this Kaidan wasn’t much of a surprise for Feng Xue, as it overlapped too much with Mystical Lord, and both in terms of power and strength, it fell short of Mystical Lord.

Of the three powers, she already possessed [Martial Arts Legend], and [Senior Expert] was not too dissimilar, except it was not limited to martial artists—upon displaying her full capabilities, anyone would regard her as a senior.

The only slightly interesting one was [Versatile in a Hundred Schools].

Under the effect of this power, Feng Xue could use any school’s techniques at a level comparable to the disciplines she excelled in.

For instance, Feng Xue’s skill with weapons such as spears, sabers, and sticks was far inferior to her mastery of swordsmanship, bolstered by Basic Swordsmanship and Life-taking Thirteen Swords.

But with this power, regardless of whether she wielded a saber, spear, stick, or even exotic weapons like the Meteor Hammer, Nine-section Whip, or Mantis Blade, she could perform as well as she did with swordsmanship. Coupled with corresponding martial arts, she could achieve the effect of "instantly mastering all martial arts at the level of her strongest martial art."

However, as mighty as this power sounded, it wasn’t exactly meant for combat; or rather, if used in combat, it was only good for putting on a show. Its real value lay in "learning."

With this power, once Feng Xue mastered one martial art to perfection, she could effortlessly reach a comparable level in all other forms of martial arts. Of course, that said, it wouldn’t make her much stronger in actual combat. Her Basic Swordsmanship could already turn any weapon into a sword, and a full suite of Life-taking Sixteen Swords was enough to deal with trouble—switching weapons wouldn’t make a difference in those situations she couldn’t handle.

However, the essence of martial arts lies in understanding through analogy, and Feng Xue’s current advanced martial arts had largely broken free of their original shackles. No-thought Divine Power had evolved into Poisonous Insect Body, an external embodiment; Life-taking Thirteen Swords had developed the Sixteenth Sword, and her secret book summarizing her boxing experience had become Pure Heart Martial Arts.

If she could widen her horizons, then it wouldn’t be a challenging matter to create new martial arts on the rich foundation she’d built.

Considering this, Feng Xue decided to nurture this power. Who knew? Maybe one day, she would break through the limits of martial arts and become proficient in any technique.

It is essential to have dreams!

As for the Descent rules, there’s not much to say—whenever there was a martial arts streamer live streaming, she could make a chance meeting, then either gift something nice on a whim or give them a good beating, whatever felt right at the moment.

And as for the Companion Phantom Object—

Name: Phantom Object · Instrument Box/Weapon Box

Elements: [Container], [Storage], [Tool], [Convenience], [Unknown]

Introduction: The guitar case carried by the unnamed senior expert, said to hold divine weapons that are hard to find in the world, which can spring out with a slap just like in a martial arts novel. Others say it is merely the senior’s musical instrument for personal amusement. When idle, he may take it out for a performance, yet it seems... everyone’s right?

Note: Although anything with the characteristics of [Instrument] / [Weapon] can be stuffed into it, their weight will not be reduced.

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Yep, that’s right. Since Feng Xue often disguised her Orca Pillow as a guitar case, she really got a guitar case phantom object, which conveniently served her growing arsenal of weapons. Aside from the [Indescribable Stick-like Object] and [Yellow Robe], which she still carried personally, she crammed the rest of her weapons into the guitar case.

After all, when she wanted to use them, a simple slap on the case would pop them out—it was at least more convenient than wrapping them up in cloth and stuffing them into a belt pouch.

"But on the other hand, I thought I might end up getting a companion phantom object wife..." Feng Xue remembered the online discussions about Chen Xiyao, who had acted as her own voice dubber, and the corners of her mouth couldn’t help but rise. Seeing her smile, Chen Xiyao, who was next to her, couldn’t help but ask,

"What are you thinking about? You look so happy."

"I’m wondering whether I should actually put a musical instrument in the case. Now that I think about it, playing a full-strength guitar session seems pretty cool... But wouldn’t that be a bit off-brand?"

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